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A snippet of history: English in Kenya & Tanzania

One of the main goals of the Global Studies department is historicity: In order to understand changes associated with contemporary globalization, we have to realize the effects of long-term historical processes. This couldn’t be more true for my case study … Continue reading

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Imperialism of English Language Introduction

Colonization not only changed the make-up of the world geographically, but it also changed (and continues to change) how humans interact. Think of our own country. The British came and “explored new territory” and established themselves in this “new land.” … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street: False Consciousness of the Subaltern

False Consciousness: Marx’s idea that “everybody in capitalist society has the same ideology.” Thus, the ideas of the ruling class rule. We broke this idea down and applied it the ideas of superstructure and base whereby the ideas in the … Continue reading

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